TOLEDO – It seems turbulence has yet again hit the highly controversial Salt Creek Wind project. For at least 15 years, a commercial wind energy project going by the name of Salt Creek Wind has been in some stage of development in central Tama County by either Wind Capital Group (prior to ...
TOLEDO – As the dew was thick and wet on the morning grass, the usual bunch of partygoers spent their Tuesday morning last week (moved from the usual Monday due to the Labor Day holiday) viewing the Tama County Board of Supervisors' meeting. After 15 minutes of silence due to no one in ...
TOLEDO – Since 2022, wind energy has been one of the main topics of concern among citizens in attendance at the weekly meetings of the Tama County Board of Supervisors. And now, according to information obtained through a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request, it appears that the same ...
TOLEDO – Braving the humid morning air on Monday, Aug. 26, the usual gang of local government-conscious citizens made their way to the Tama County Board of Supervisors’ meeting. Chairman Curt Hilmer was absent, so Supervisor Dan Anderson was at the helm. The meeting started like usual ...
TOLEDO – As the morning dew still clung to blades of grass and the car windshield, many gathered for last week's Tama County Board of Supervisors' meeting. The Tama County Engineer, Ben Daleske, kicked off the main part of the meeting like always with his report talking about how Iowa ...
DES MOINES – Iowa Secretary of State Paul Pate is urging Iowans to make a plan to vote this November, which includes checking your voter registration status, finding your polling place, and requesting an absentee ballot. August 27 was the first day Iowans could begin requesting absentee ...
Clean Energy Districts of Iowa (CEDI), a nonprofit consortium of Energy Districts based in 13 counties in Iowa including Tama County, is offering free energy coaching to assist farms and small businesses in applying for USDA grant funding for renewable energy or energy efficiency improvement ...
LA PORTE CITY – The Union Community School District Board of Education has approved a $20.5 million bond referendum that will appear on the ballot Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2024. Petitions asking the board to place the bond question on the ballot circulated in the communities in recent weeks. After ...
TOLEDO – On a drizzly rainy Monday morning last week, the usual suspects started their week by gathering for the Tama County Board of Supervisors meeting. After 15 minutes of absolute silence where no one had a public comment, the Tama County Engineer, Ben Daleske, kicked off the meeting ...
TAMA – As she reiterated near the end of her Women in Ag roundtable at the Tama Civic Center on Tuesday, Aug. 6, U.S. Rep. Ashley Hinson (R-Iowa), who grew up in the Des Moines area and now calls Marion home, isn’t a farmer and won’t ever pretend to be one. But the congresswoman, who ...